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###*-~.... - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - ....~-*###
£%;-...... - - - - BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - ......-;%£
#@£#%*;-~. - IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. - .~-;*%#£@#
#@£#%*;-~. - - - THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. - - - .~-;*%#£@#
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#@£#%*;-~. THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE .~-;*%#£@#
£%;~...... CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US ......~;%£
##£#%*;-~. KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN .~-;*%#£##
@£%;~..... THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - .....~;%£@
#@£#%*;-~. - - SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE .~-;*%#£@#
##@£%*;-~. ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS .~-;*%£@##
#@£#%*;-~. FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY .~-;*%#£@#
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##@#%*;-~. BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - .~-;*%#@##
#@£#%*;-~. - - - - BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, .~-;*%#£@#
#@£#%*;-~. THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES .~-;*%#£@#
##£#%*;-~. WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY .~-;*%#£##
#@£#%*;-~. WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY .~-;*%#£@#
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@#**--~... - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ...~--**#@
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